Historical Precedent of the Day: Burgundy and Gray Tuxedos

So the latest issue of Science (yes, we have a subscription) is reporting a new archaeological find that puts the current propensity towards non-black formalwear into perspective: thirty-six-million-year-old penguins found in Peru didn't actually wear black-and-white. Turns out they preferred gray and burgundy. And stood five feet tall. So the next time someone tilts his nose up at your "non-traditional" black tie, tell them that yours predates theirs by, oh, 35,999,840 years or so.